CITY OF BANGOR (1896, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CITY OF BANGOR
Year of Build:
1896
Official Number:
127131
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
2
Hull Number:
113
Builder Name:
F.W. Wheeler Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Eddy - Shaw Transportation Co. *, Bay City, MI
Ownership Notes:
* AKA Lake Transit Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
22", 35", 59" x 44" engine, 1235hp @ 80rpm, F.W. Wheeler Co., noted as by Whitman MFG Co., Buffalo, NY. 15'6" x 12', 170# steam, 63 tons each of 2 scotch boilers, noted as largest ever placed in fresh water boat by Wickes Brothers, Saginaw, MI, 1896.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
327.5'
Beam:
44.8'
Depth:
23.5'
Tonnage (gross):
3690
Tonnage (net):
2976
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Keweenaw Point.
Lake Superior.
Date:
30 Nov 1926
How:
Ashore in gale.
Final Cargo:
248 Chrysler cars, 230 saved.
Notes:
During World War II scrap dives, sold to T.L. Durocher of Detour & scrapped on beach.
History
Chronology:

1897 Struck a boulder in Canadian canal below Lock & sank at Soo Locks; lightered & released.

1898 Grounded on Washington Street tunnel at Chicago, 4 tugs to free her.

1904 Rebuilt.

1905 Lengthened to 445.5'.

1907, Jul 13 Collision on Whitefish Bay with SAXONA.

1907, Dec Rebuilt at Manitowoc, cost $20,000; machinery rebuilt.

1910 438' x 44.6' x 26.7', 4202 gross / 3058 net tons, 1 deck with hold beams, 4 compartments with hatches at 24' centers, 3 watertight bulkheads.

1919 Owned Lake Transit Co., Duluth, MN.

1926 Owned Nicholson Universal Steam Ship Co., Detroit, MI; outfitted with elevators & 'tween decks for carrying automobiles.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Great Lakes Register
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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